Motor



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No. 577,029, Patented Peb. 16, 1897.

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JOHN M. l-IESS, OF IVESTER, IOVA.

MOTOR.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 57'? ,029, dated February 16, 1897.

Application filed January 27, 1396. Serial No. 577,036. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. Huss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ivester, in the county of Grundy and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Motor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus or motors for elevating water and driving light machinery, and more particularly to the means for controlling their movement, whereby they are rendered more positive in action and can be relied upon to perform the work for which they are designed.

YVith these and like ends in view the invention consists in certain details of construction, novel features, and peculiar combination of the parts which hereinafter will be more fully set forth, illustrated, and claimed.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion,and the minor details of construction without departing` from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of amotor constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the escapement. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the pair of drums upon which the weighted cords are wound and the train of gearing connecting the same. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the support for the pendulumwire. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the mountings for the pallet-lever.

Similar and corresponding parts are designated in the following description and all the igures of the accompanying drawings by the same reference-characters.

The tower 1 is a substantial structure of the form usually employed for windmills and is of less height than structures usually provided for the purpose, since there is no necessity for having the train of gearing at such an elevation as required for wind-engines.

2 and 3 represent winding arbors upon which are secured drums 4 and 5, having ratchet-wheels @and 7 at their inner ends.

Gear-wheels 8 and 9 are loosely mounted upon the arbors 2 and 3 and are supplied with pawls 10 and 1l to engage with the respec-.5 5 tive ratchet-wheels 6 and 7 so as to cause the winding-arbors, their drums, and the gearwheels to revolve in unison when the motor is in active operation. Cords 12 and 13 are attached at their upper ends to the respective 6o drums 4 and 5 and pass over direction-pulleys 14 and 15 and have weights 16 and 17 at their lower ends of sufficient mass so as to carry the load and perform the work for which the motor is designed. A shaft 18 is disposed 65 intermediate of and parallel with the winding-arbors and carries a gear-wheel19, which meshes with the gear-wheels 8 and 9, and a pulley 20 is secured upon the shaft 18 and is of larger diameter than the gear-Wheel 19 and 7o receives a band 21, by means of which motion is transmitted from the shaft 18 to a companion shaft 22 through the intervention of a small pulley 23 on the said shaft 22, receiving the said band 21. A pulley 24 is placed upon 7 5 the shaft 22, and a band 25 transmits motion from the pulley 24 to a corresponding pulley 26 on a shaft 27, having a crank 28, by means of which the lever 29 is oscillated so as to operate the pump -rod 30, the said lever 29 8c being connected with the crank 28 by means of the pitman 31.

The speed of the motor is controlled by means of an escapement, the latter comprising a shaft 32, having a pinion 33, meshing 85 with a gear-wheel 34 on the inner end of. the intermediate shaft 18. The scape-wheel 35 is secured upon the shaft 32, and its teeth are engaged by the pallet-lever 36 in the usual way, said pallet-lever being mounted upon a 9o crank-arm 37, which is adj ustably secured to a suitable portion of the tower, preferably by means of a threaded arm 38, passing through a timber ofv the tower and having a clamp-nut 39 on its projecting end. By'loosening the 95 clamp-nut 39 the threaded arm 38 can be turned in its bearings, so as to vary the position of the crank-arm 37, whereby the pallet-lever can be adjusted with respect to the scape wheel 35, thereby enabling thefparts to be, roo properly positioned to allow for variation in the assembling of the component parts of the motor. The pendulum 40 is adjustably mounted upon the lower end of the pendulumwire 4l, and the latter passes loosely through the eye 42 of the pallet-lever 36 and is connected at its upper end to a stud 43, adjustably supported within a slot 44 of a beam or timber of the tower, said stud having a stop 45 to bear against one side of the timber and having a clamp-nut 4G mounted upon its projecting threaded end and adapted to bear against the opposite side of the said timber, whereby the latter is clamped between the parts 45 and 46. By properly positioning the stud 43 the pendulum can be located and adjusted so as to properly cooperate with the pallet-lever and scape-wheel to properly regulate the movements of the train of gearing.

In orderto relieve the motor of dead-weight, the lever 29 is counterbalanced, the wei ght 47 being adjusted thereon so as to counteract the weight of the pump-rod and the column of water, thereby leaving the motor to perform actual service in the raisin of the water and overcoming the inertia of the parts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In a motor, the combination with the train of gearing, and, a scape-wheel in mesh with the train of gearing, of a pallet-lever for controlling the movement of the scape-wheel, a cranloarm supporting the pallet-lever and having a threaded arm passing through a portion of the framework, a clamp-nut mounted upon the threaded end of the arm to hold the latter in an adjusted position, a beam or support having a longitudinal slot, a threaded stud operating in the slot,ela1npnuts mounted upon the threaded stud upon opposite sides of the slotted support to clamp the latter and hold the stud in the required position, and a pendulum having connection with the pallet lever and supported by the said threaded stud substantially as set forth.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own l have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. I'IESS..

Vitnesses:

C. F. GOHNER, XV. ll. BOYER. 

